NPD assistant chief suspended for a day

4:42 AM,
Oct. 22, 2013

Written by

Vickie Welborn
Gannett Louisiana

Natchitoches Police Department Assistant Chief Cary Hargrove was suspended for one day for a policy violation related to a Sabine Parish homicide investigation.

Hargrove is alleged to have had a telephone conversation with officer Robert Barthelemy charged in the beating death of Tony Procell, 25, of Many, while Barthelemy, 34, was on the run from police in August. Barthelemy was indicated in September on charges of first-degree murder, home invasion and aggravated kidnapping.

Natchitoches Police Chief Micky Dove did not disclose the nature of incident that led to an internal ...